Edible Plant Database

Psidium friedrichsthalianum

Costa Rica guava

Myrtaceae

Edible: Fruit

Rhynchosia totta

Yellow carpet bean

Fabaceae

Edible: Root, Tuber

Salacca zalacca

Salak palm, Snake fruit palm

Arecaceae

Edible: Fruit, Kernel, Seeds, Cabbage, Nuts, Palm heart

Trifolium obtusiflorum

Clammy clover, Salt clover

Fabaceae

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Vicia peregrina

Broad-podded vetch

Fabaceae

Edible: Pods, Seeds

Alcea setosa

Marsh mallow, Bristly hollyhock

Malvaceae

Edible: Flowers - tea

Asparagus angusticladus

Wild asparagus

Asparagaceae

Edible: Shoots

Atriplex maximowicziana

Maximowicz's saltbush, Hai bin li

Amaranthaceae

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Bambusa multiplex

Hedge Bamboo, Chinese dwarf bamboo

Poaceae

Edible: Shoots

Corydalis turtschaninovii

Hyonhosaek

Papaveraceae

Edible: Leaves

Diospyros melanoxylon

Coromandel Ebony persimmon

Ebenaceae

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Lantana fucata

Verbenaceae

Edible: Leaf, Flowers - flavouring

Microgramma lycopodioides

Clubmoss snakefern

Polypodiaceae

Myrsine guianensis

Primulaceae

Edible: Fruit

Nemesia floribunda

Scrophulariaceae

Edible: Leaves, Plant

Nicotiana rustica

Solanaceae

Edible: Leaves - masticatory

Nymphoides cristata

White water snowflake, Floating heart, Fairy water-lily

Menyanthaceae

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Buds, Stems

Sorbus sambucifolia

Siberian Mountainash

Rosaceae

Edible: Fruit

Tabernaemontana litoralis

Apocynaceae

Edible: Fruit ?, CAUTION

Thelymitra media

Orchidaceae

Edible: Tuber, Leaves

Trichosanthes cucumerina

Snake gourd

Cucurbitaceae

Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Vegetable

Capparis zeylanica

Ceylon caper, Indian caper

Capparaceae

Edible: Fruit, Flowers, Seeds

Cistanche tubulosa

Dhunun

Orobanchaceae

Edible: Root

Cochlospermum gillivraei

Kapok bush, False Kapok, Wild Cotton

Bixaceae

Edible: Roots, Flowers

Corchorus asplenifolius

Wild jute

Malvaceae

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Dendropanax arboreus

Angelica tree dendropanax

Araliaceae

Elatostema reticulatum

Rainforest Spinach, Soft Nettle

Urticaceae

Edible: Leaves, Stem

Epilobium glabellum

Onagraceae

Edible: Leaves

Gaultheria pumila

Chaura

Ericaceae

Edible: Fruit

Ibicella lutea

Yellow unicorn-plant

Martyniaceae

Edible: Fruit, Vegetable

Persicaria senegalensis

Silver snake root

Polygonaceae

Edible: Leaves, Tuber, Root, Vegetable

Tetrameles nudiflora

Tetramelaceae

Edible: ? Medicine

Amanita caesareoides

Amanitaceae

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Bolboschoenus caldwellii

Sea club rush, Marsh club rush, Seaside bulrush

Cyperaceae

Edible: Tuber, Rhizome, Root, Seeds

Dendrocnide moroides

Gympie stinger, Mulberry-leaved Stinger, Stinging bush

Urticaceae

Edible: Fruit

Doryanthes palmeri

Palmer spear-lily

Doryanthaceae

Edible: Roots, Flowers

Eugenia capensis

Dune myrtle, Myrtle apple

Myrtaceae

Edible: Fruit

Gundelia tournefortii

Tournefort's gundelia, Akkoub

Asteraceae

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Flower - heads, Stems, Vegetable, Roots

Hakea lorea

Cork Bark, Bootlace Oak, Corkwood oak, Western cork tree

Proteaceae

Edible: Flowers - nectar, Drink

Pterostylis mutica

Midget greenhood, Blunt Greenhood

Orchidaceae

Edible: Tuber, Root

Sida cordata

Malvaceae

Edible: Leaves

Thelymitra carnea

Tiny sun orchid, Pink sun orchid

Orchidaceae

Edible: Roots, Tubers

Agave seemanniana

Cacaya

Asparagaceae

Edible: Bud

Apocynum venetum

Dogbane, Netting hemp

Apocynaceae

Edible: Leaves - tea

Brahea armata

Blue Hesper palm

Arecaceae

Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Fruit, Leaf bases

Cordia myxa

Assyrian Plum, Sebastan tree

Boraginaceae

Edible: Seeds, Nuts, Leaves, Fruit, Flowers

Helwingia japonica

Helwingia

Helwingiaceae

Edible: Flowers, Leaves

Lamium moschatum

Musk dead nettle

Lamiaceae

Edible: Leaves, Stems